As part of our South-Morocco tour, we planned to spend New Year’s Eve in Ouarzazate. Or near. We usually stay 20km from the city, at the border of the lake, in a family run B&B named “Les Tourmalines”. A quiet, wonderful place. Before leaving Casablanca, I contacted Peter, a friend who lives there and operates…
For this year’s Morocco winter trip I took the motorbike on a trailer to explore some of the sites we were visiting. When in Merzouga, we hired a guide as usual to take the family to the dunes and the surrounding sites. I used this opportunity to take the bike and ride in the desert…
I woke up early to take a walk with the dog and our host immediately served coffee and tea when he saw me. What a good surprise! After breakfast we put our stuff in the car and then headed for a long walk to a rock formation they call the monkey’s fingers (les doigts du singe)….
Our plan was to to head from Merzouga to the valleys: “les gorges de Toudra” and “les gorges de Dadès”. We had plenty of time since we only had a short distance to cover. We headed for Tinghir where we turned north after a coffee break. The sight is breathtaking. The road runs above a big valley…
I woke up early to see the sunset and walk the dog in the chilly morning. After breakfast we hired a guide to take show us around. We spent the morning visiting the dunes, the abandoned village and some nomads who offered hot mint tea under the shade of a tent. The kids and dog…
